Prepare yourself to be bombarded with words such as brackets, pairings and dormies over the next few days as the Accenture World Match Play 2011 takes place at the Ritz Carlton Golf Course in Arizona.
Split into four brackets (groups) of eight, the world's best 64 players are paired in a field that is folded in half for the first round - so the top-ranked player (Lee Westwood) plays the bottom-ranked (Henrik Stenson), 2 plays 63, 3 plays 62 and so on.
This is the first World Golf Championship event of the year and has an $8m prize fund. Latest betting shows Paul Casey to be the current bookies' favourite at prices ranging from 12-1 to 14-1. The Englishman has a fine history in match play and has twice been runner-up in this event.
Three-time winner Tiger Woods is just behind Casey - but who knows how consistent Tiger will be over five days. Elsewhere, last year's winner, Ian Poulter, is currently being backed at odds between 25-1 and 30-1.
See this pdf print-out to see how the full draw unfolds.
ACCENTURE WORLD MATCH PLAY 2011 FIRST ROUND DRAW
Bobby Jones Bracket
(1) Lee Westwood (Eng) v (64) Henrik Stenson (Swe)
(32) Nick Watney (USA) v (33) Anthony Kim (USA)
(16) Retief Goosen (SA) v (49) KJ Choi (Kor)
(17) Francesco Molinari (Ita) v (48) Ryan Moore (USA)
(8) Steve Stricker (USA) v (57) Matteo Manassero (Ita)
(25) Charl Schwartzel (SA) v (40) Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)
(9) Luke Donald (Eng) v (56) Charley Hoffman (USA)
(24) Edoardo Molinari (Ita) v (41) Martin Laird (Sco)
Ben Hogan Bracket
(4) Phil Mickelson (USA) v (61) Brendan Jones (Aus)
(29) Rickie Fowler (USA) v (36) Peter Hanson (Swe)
(13) Matt Kuchar (USA) v (52) Anders Hansen (Den)
(20) Louis Oosthuizen (SA) v (45) Bo Van Pelt (USA)
(5) Graeme McDowell (NI) v (60) Heath Slocum USA)
(28) Robert Allenby (Aus) v (37) Ross Fisher (Eng)
(12) Ian Poulter (Eng) v (53) Stewart Cink (USA)
(21) Alvaro Quiros (Spa) v (44) Y. E. Yang (Kor)
Gary Player Bracket
(2) Martin Kaymer (Ger) v (63) Noh Seung-yul (Kor)
(31) Zach Johnson (USA) v (34) Justin Rose (Eng)
(15) Robert Karlsson (Swe) v (50) Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn)
(18) Hunter Mahan (USA) v (47) Sean O'Hair (USA)
(7) Rory McIlroy (NI) v (58) Jonathan Byrd (USA)
(26) Adam Scott (Aus) v (39) Ben Crane (USA)
(10) Jim Furyk (USA) v (55) Ryan Palmer (USA)
(23) Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) v (42) Yuta Ikeda (Jpn)
Sam Snead Bracket
(3) Tiger Woods (USA) v (62) Thomas Bjorn (Den)
(30) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) v (35) Padraig Harrington (Ire)
(14) Dustin Johnson (USA) v (51) Mark Wilson (USA)
(19) Bubba Watson (USA) v (46) Bill Haas (USA)
(6) Paul Casey (Eng) v (59) Richard Green (Aus)
(27) Kim Kyung-tae (Kor) v (38) Jason Day (Aus)
(11) Ernie Els (SA) v (54) Jeff Overton (USA)
(Alt*) J. B. Holmes (USA) v (43) Camilo Villegas (Col)
* J. B. Holmes is final alternate after South Africa's Tim Clarke withdrew due to injury.
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